Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Fun with scammers

 A mate of mine is selling his car and got an interesting offer.  Read below.  Very Funny.



On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 8:12 PM, Okell wrote:
Thanks for the prompt response.. I am ready to buying it now for birthday gift for brother in-law and i am at sea at the moment as i am a marine engineer and due to the nature of my work, phone calls making and visiting of website are restricted but i squeezed out time to check this advert and send you an email regarding it. I really want it to be a surprise for brother in-law so i wont let him know anything about it until it gets delivered to him, i am sure he will be more than happy with it. I insisted on paypal because i don't have access to my bank account online as i don't have internet banking, but i can pay from my paypal account, as i have my bank a/c attached to it, i will need you to give me your paypal email address and the price so i can make the payments asap for it and pls if you don't have paypal account yet, it is very easy to set up, go to www.paypal.com.au and get it set up, after you have set it up i will only need the e-mail address you use for registration with paypal so as to put the money through. I have a pick up agent that will come and pick it up after i have made the payments...

Thanks

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Good morning Okell, (I assume that's your name),

Wow mate thanks for your prompt response, I see that you are ready to buying it so I had best be ready to selling it. Before I give you my details I hoped to ask you some questions. You are going to buy this car for your brother in law as a birthday gift? Holy Crap! can I be your brother in law? I wish my brother in law would buy me a car... especially one valued at $16000.... I have a very wealthy brother in law who is a doctor and all I usually get is a JB hi-fi voucher. But wow man you must earn a whole heap of cash if you are willing to buy him a car. I think I need to change professions from being a detective in the fraud squad of the Victorian Police force and try becoming a marine engineer, is there much to it? I guess it means time spend in small rooms with lots of sweaty men..  but I guess whatever floats your boat! (pun intended)

So the car is going to be a surprise gift for him? let me guess - a couple of your best mates will come and take the car out of my hands and assure me its going to a good home, wrap it in a big pink bow that has a card attached saying to my bestest, bestest brother in law HAPPY BIRTHDAY! - Can I take photos? I would love to see the look on his face when he receives his amazing birthday gift. But I will feel safe in knowing that a marine engineer like yourself will have deposited (via pay-pal) the asking price for my car.. I forgot to mention in my add that if paying by pay-pal, I needed 7 things from you - 

1) A copy of your drivers license 
2) A copy of you birth certificate or passport
3) A copy of a recent bill - But seeing as you are at sea a letter from the captain will do. (BTW - that got me thinking is your captain like captain Stubing from the love boat? or is he more like Jack Sparrow? - Ahh the open seas are so romantic) but I digress...
4) A reference from your grade 10 school report - I assume you didn't do well in English? (just a guess)
5) Photocopy of your video store card
6) A letter from your sister (or in some cases brother) showing that you do actually have a brother in law?
7) A printout of all your last 50 pay-pal transactions - to ensure you wont withdraw your payment after making it?

I trust you will not have issues with providing me this information? - I just want to make sure my little car makes it to a good home.

I am curious - I have always dreamed of life on the open ocean and wondered if  it was it was all cracked up to be, you know.... Pirates, sea monsters and mermaids? I imagine that spending so much time on the ocean these are things that you would see every other day? It must be hard when you have limited internet access that you found my little old add for your brother in law and decided that sight unseen you want to buy my car. You must have a good eye for detail. Its worth every cent. Which reminds me - I prefer cash and would accept $10000 cash but I see you like fantasy, and so do I - I have always imagines swimming in a pool of $1 coins so I would happily take payment in the form of $1 coins. I am sure it could be done and look the hassle of getting the coins would be offset by SAVING $6000 - I think (in my humble opinion) that - THAT my friend is the Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaale of the Centurrrry!!)

Look if you don't have the cash on hand - or your mates are worried about exchanging my car for $10000 in $1 coins then I will give you my pay-pal email (as you requested) - it is: gowfukyrslf@random.email.com

Serious. That's my email... Go check it out! Deposit moneys in there....! It will work - I promise!

I really look forward to hearing from you again. Please please please email me again.

Kind regards,

The owner of a nice car.

.A